So I had ET and now I wait. I've felt pretty calm for the most part but it's only the equivalent of 7dpo. I think tomorrow is where things may get crazy. Still no word on whether we have any frozen yet. Frustrating because the decisions should have been made yesterday. I think I'll be asking next week when I go in for my progesterone check. Thanks to everyone for their comments. I have really appreciated them!

I just wanted to post an update here. I am on modified bed rest. I have a laptop and am trying to get work done but really. I haven’t gotten any work done this whole IVF cycle, why start now?

Transfer went fantastically! I did acu before which was very relaxing. But more importantly, my acupuncturist knew how transfers go at my clinic and told me not to slam my water for the full bladder 30 min before b/c they’re always running late. They were. So when we finally got back there, DH and I got to sneak a peak at our embies. Holy cow, they were pretty. My clinic generally transfers 3 and so I wasn’t surprised when that’s what they recommended we do. We transferred 2 8 celled grade A embies and one 8 cell B embie. And beta isn’t for another 13 days. It’s gonna be a loooonnnngggg 2 weeks! I’m so grateful to even be here though. I never thought we’d make it to ET with such pretty embies on the first try!

Do any of you use those meditation CDs for IVF or medicated cycles? I am using them and used them for my injectable cycles as well. But seriously, I can never get quite relaxed. Any time someone is talking about what is happening in my body during my cycle, I freak out. Here's an example of what is going through my mind as I'm trying to relax.

It was so touch and go this week. Knowing my ovaries the way that I do, I knew I needed to be prepared for the worst. And I thought we were headed in that direction. Did my cycle get canceled? Did I make it to egg retrieval? Do my ovaries even produce eggs? Find out in this week's No Pea in the Podcast!

Stimming for IVF#1 is in full force. So far, I've been slow to stim. E2 was 106 after 3 days, 186 after 4 days, and 300 after 5 days. Stims dose has done from 150 to 425! But follies seems to be growing, just slowly. Hopefully next week, I'll be reporting on egg retrieval! Listen in to this week's podcast as I talk about the 2 things I don't like about my clinic.

The front page of the newspaper had a wonderful story this morning. A couple did IVF seven times (and before that did ten IUIs) before moving here. A friend suggested they try my clinic. They saw my doc and he recommended PGD and a surrogate. But he also suggested that they transfer some embryos to the woman who was trying to get pg. Last month, the surrogate gave birth to a boy as did the woman who had done 7 IVFs before coming to my clinic. I loved reading this story--the missing piece to this woman's struggles with IF was my clinic and my doc!  Meanwhile, my shots are going well. I go in tomorrow for bloodwork (so boring--wish I was getting an u/s too). My guess is they'll up my dose. We shall see.

Oh please get me off this lupron. Hopefully my dose will be cut today. I am awaiting my E2 results to see if I can start stimming. Meanwhile, listen in on my tales of the clubbing nurse and about my own adventures in clubbing.

The needles come out. It was touch and go for a bit but find out if a cyst gets in the way between a girl and her lupron. Listen to my experience on lupron. I can't wait until I'm doing 4 shots a night instead of just one!